REQUEST! FOR QUALIFICATIONS ! #1501-030 FRISCO JUNCTION CITY OF FRISCO, TEXAS The City of Frisco is issuing this Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to solicit responses from master developers and/or master development teams with proven successful track records in planning and developing historically and contextually sensitive infill developments. The prospective developer will be required to carefully integrate this proposed development with the existing built environment. The site for the proposed development sits just east of Frisco Square and is one block from the George A. Purefoy Municipal Center and the Frisco Public Library. Toyota Stadium, home of Major League Soccer’s FC Dallas is less than a half mile to the north and west and Frisco’s Heritage Park is on the southern edge of the project. The successful development in this unique and high quality neighborhood will leverage existing city investments and resources and will capture significant opportunities for non-traditional entertainment, restaurant, retail, and hospitality in the core of one of the fastest growing cities in America. The City of Frisco is conscious and appreciative of the time, energy, and effort required to respond to this RFQ. Your proposal will be given serious consideration, and we will exercise the same level of attentiveness to it as you have invested in responding. We thank you for your interest. Pre-Submittal Conference Submittals Due February 19, 2015 March 19, 2015 2:00PM CST 2:00PM CST The Depot at Frisco Heritage Center George A Purefoy Municipal Center 6321 Page Street Attention: Daniel Ford, Purchasing Frisco, Texas 75034 Manager 6101 Frisco Square Blvd Frisco, Texas 75034 City of Frisco 1 Frisco Junction Request for Qualifications #1501-030 1. The Opportunity Frisco Junction is in the heart of the Frisco’s thriving downtown neighborhood. Frisco has become well known throughout the nation, region, and state for commercial and residential growth, rapid development, master-planned residential neighborhoods and for its several excellent quality of life, professional sports, entertainment, and retail venues. Aside from the recent three decades of record growth and development, Frisco is a City that was formally established in 1902 as a railroad and agricultural community. Preserving the heritage of Frisco and constantly improving upon its Original Town (OT) neighborhood has been at the forefront of the City’s planning and development efforts continually over the past three growth decades.! Frisco’s 72 square miles are only 60% developed and we have successfully managed some of the most rapid and consistent commercial and residential growth in the nation. Frisco is home to approximately 141,000 people in 2014, and is on track to reach about 300,000 or more over the next three decades. The current vision for Frisco Junction FRISCO! includes a well thought through blend of JUNCTION uses that may include context-sensitive restaurant, retail, entertainment, and office components for the site. All uses of the development shall be sensitively balanced with the historical and currently developed architectural and use context to preserve the distinct characteristic of the area with a strong connection to adjacent neighborhoods, public amenities and public spaces. The City currently owns the ±8.9 acre subject site and is seeking to creatively partner with a visionary developer or development team on this project to provide for a signature project that clearly integrates the existing built environment and future vision of the City for this area. The City is open to participating in a wide variety of partnership structures, and we encourage you to clearly express how your team would creatively approach the concept, partnership, design, and development of the project. This RFQ is intended to not only gather your team’s professional credentials, but to provide the City with sufficient information and context on how your team sees this opportunity and your general approach to it. While we are looking for you to provide detail on your approach, please do not include any specific pricing information within your response. Financial and partnership structure details will be negotiated with the successful respondent. City of Frisco 2 Frisco Junction Request for Qualifications #1501-030 Frisco Junction Area Map 2. Regional Context The City of Frisco, Texas has consistently been one of the fastest growing cities in the United States since the mid 1990’s. Frisco’s population has grown more than 300 percent since the 2000 Census. Frisco is approximately 25 minutes north of downtown Dallas and 20 minutes north and east of the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Frisco is known for attracting new corporations, regional headquarters, start-ups and small businesses, and for having a strong business retention and expansion program that helps those companies grow and succeed in Frisco. City of Frisco 3 Frisco Junction Request for Qualifications #1501-030 Supported by strong infrastructure, exceptional leadership, rational governance, and quality commercial developments, Frisco has been recognized by numerous publications and ratings groups as one of the best places in the nation to live, to work, to raise a family, and to start or grow a business. This infrastructure supports an exceptional community and an extraordinary quality of life. In addition, Frisco’s leadership is committed to a strong economy and corporate vitality by attracting diverse industry clusters and a highly-skilled workforce. More than 58 percent of Frisco residents age 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or higher level of education. Working together with our institutional, corporate, and citizen partners, we are creating new business opportunities and addressing the needs of our fast growing community. Through our diverse economy and talented citizen workforce, the quality of our commercial developments, our master planned communities, our exceptional sports facilities and top rated public school system, Frisco has attracted several new corporations that now call our city home. In addition, the entire Dallas/Fort Worth region has been very successful in attracting Fortune 500 corporate headquarters, a top-tier employee talent pool and has consistently retained our actively engaged corporations within the region. The Dallas North Tollway corridor is home to many of the most significant companies that have a presence in the region and continues to lease Class A office space at solid rental rates and high occupancy levels. The corridor serves those who have developed it as both a transportation and business asset. 3. Neighborhood Development Context Central to the City’s selection process will be how well the Respondents can communicate their vision for incorporating the new Frisco Junction development with the existing built environment. Frisco has invested heavily in public amenities, public/private partnerships, public infrastructure, and historic preservation within the neighborhood surrounding Frisco Junction over the past 15 years, and this is one of the most visible remaining parcels from which to receive a community return on that investment. Some elements of the neighborhood development context are outlined below. ! City of Frisco 4 Frisco Junction Request for Qualifications #1501-030 ! Frisco!Square! Frisco Square is a 147-acre master planned development that will house approximately 4.4 million square feet of office, retail, multi-family and municipal facilities when fully developed. Frisco Square is designed as a pedestrian-friendly mixed-use urban village anchored by the George A. Purefoy Municipal Center housing the Frisco City Hall, Frisco Public Library and a branch office for the Collin County government. The development provides a unique live/work/play environment for all generations and offers a wide variety of restaurants, entertainment venues, niche retail shops, corporate offices, and service providers as well hundreds of residences in its apartments and townhomes. Frisco Square also serves as a community event and gathering spot. Several family-friendly events are hosted in Frisco Square throughout the year, the largest of which is the annual Christmas in the Square holiday lights and music spectacular. Frisco!Heritage!Museum!and!Heritage!Center! The Frisco Heritage Museum and The Frisco Heritage Center is a living village comprised of buildings and events representing the area's rich history. The Frisco Heritage Museum, a regional history museum anchors the Heritage Center and preserves and presents Frisco’s rich history and exhibits the path of Frisco’s transformation from a small railroad and agricultural community to the booming economic center that it is today. Frisco Heritage Museum will consider offering to provide some significant items from its collection on loan to the successful developer. The Heritage Center is a village comprised of local homes, an authentic log cabin, a recreated one-room school house, the relocated and renovated old Lebanon Baptist Church, and a recreation of the original Frisco Railroad Depot are some of the historic structures that are used as a living history museum, a cultural center, and a very successful wedding and private event venue. City of Frisco 5 Frisco Junction Request for Qualifications #1501-030 ! Toyota!Stadium!&!Toyota!Soccer!Center! Opened in 2005, Toyota Stadium and Toyota Soccer Center is a 20,500 seat state-of-the-art professional soccer stadium and event venue surrounded by a 145-acre multipurpose sports and entertainment and is the home stadium for Major League Soccer’s (MLS) FC Dallas. The combination of this world-class stadium and a sports park including 17 tournament-sized multi-purpose fields make Toyota Soccer Center one of the best and most unique soccer facilities in the world. In addition to Soccer and other field sports, Toyota Stadium currently hosts the NCAA Division 1 Football Championship, Edgefest, and several top-tier concerts from chart-topping artists each year. Original!Downtown!Frisco! The original downtown Frisco extends roughly from the BNSF railroad tracks on the west to County Road on the east and from Maple Street on the north to Ash Street on the south.